Comments on: On Software Schools http://www.neilernst.net/archives/2008/on-software-schools/ Thoughts on people, machines and systems. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:44:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jerash http://www.neilernst.net/archives/2008/on-software-schools/#comment-5760 Jerash Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:39:57 +0000 http://www.neilernst.net/?p=676#comment-5760 from my limited (practical only) experience it was always about getting something done to give the impression of progress to clients - seems cynical but the phrase "we are 95% complete" is very misleading on its own - what are the metrics? and what are the criteria for success should be every client's question - how you teach that is a tough problem from my limited (practical only) experience it was always about getting something done to give the impression of progress to clients - seems cynical but the phrase “we are 95% complete” is very misleading on its own - what are the metrics? and what are the criteria for success should be every client’s question - how you teach that is a tough problem

]]> By: shailly http://www.neilernst.net/archives/2008/on-software-schools/#comment-5757 shailly Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:22:39 +0000 http://www.neilernst.net/?p=676#comment-5757 Interesting....keep it up. Interesting….keep it up.

]]> By: Jorge http://www.neilernst.net/archives/2008/on-software-schools/#comment-5747 Jorge Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:58:15 +0000 http://www.neilernst.net/?p=676#comment-5747 Good post. I agree with you, although I see where Fowler is coming from: the idea that there are best practices leads to certification, which leads to bureaucracy and inefficiency. I think identifying the context is key here, and you mention this in the end. For each team, customer, and software project, there is probably one best approach, or school of software, as Fowler calls them. We don't know them yet; as scientists we hope to discover them. For now, stating that all schools might be valid for some context is the best we can do. Good post. I agree with you, although I see where Fowler is coming from: the idea that there are best practices leads to certification, which leads to bureaucracy and inefficiency.

I think identifying the context is key here, and you mention this in the end. For each team, customer, and software project, there is probably one best approach, or school of software, as Fowler calls them. We don’t know them yet; as scientists we hope to discover them. For now, stating that all schools might be valid for some context is the best we can do.

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